It included two additional chapters critiquing Richard Herrnstein and Charles Murray's book The Bell Curve (1994). ==Author== Stephen Jay Gould (; 1941 – 2002) was one of the most influential and widely read authors of popular science of his generation.
It is easily done, without conscious motivation; expectation is a powerful guide to action. In 1977 Gould conducted his own analysis on some of Morton's endocranial-volume data, and alleged that the original results were based on a priori convictions and a selective use of data.
The Mismeasure of Man is a 1981 book by paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould.
Gould's findings about how 19th-century researcher Samuel George Morton measured skull volumes came under criticism, and even Gould's defenders found reasons to criticize his work on this topic. In 1996, a second edition was released.
It included two additional chapters critiquing Richard Herrnstein and Charles Murray's book The Bell Curve (1994). ==Author== Stephen Jay Gould (; 1941 – 2002) was one of the most influential and widely read authors of popular science of his generation.
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